Introduce the theme that both the story and poem or song share by connecting it to the real world and making a general statement that might apply to anyone in life. The story are: “The story of an hour” and “To the Ladies” by lady Mary chudleigh

Read this excerpt from the grapes of wrath: snub-nosed monsters, raising the dust and sticking theirsnouts into it, straight down the country, across thecountry through fences, through dooryards, and in and outof gullies in straight lineswhich best describes the tone in this passage